The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from the heart to every organ and tissue. It begins at the left ventricle, extends upward through the chest to form an ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels ...

Healthy valves open wide to let blood move freely through the heart and body. They then shut tightly until the next heartbeat. If you have aortic regurgitation, the flaps around your aortic ...

As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...

Auscultation of the heart in patients with aortic stenosis can be very helpful ... The formal criteria for each stage consider valve anatomy, hemodynamics, changes in the left ventricle and ...

Left heart failure results in passive elevation ... 2017;38A(table 16) structural parameters (aortic leaflet anatomy, left ventricular size) qualitative doppler parameters (jet width in left ...